RECENT EPISODES

On today's show, we'll talk about a new report from Ford showing that trust is increasingly important for users and that people care less than ever about owning stuff; play this week's Silicon Tally with Benjamin Ahr Harrison, co-host of "The Greatest Generation" (a podcast about "Star Trek: The Next Generation"); and look at surveillance cameras that are used on...sharks.

On today's show, we'll talk about a new report that says U.S. manufacturing is underinvesting in technology that could increase productivity and revenue; a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to improve the visibility of women on the site; and how surveillance can change our behavior.

On today's show, we'll talk about Samsung's victory in a Supreme Court battle against Apple over patents, and what that means for the future of design. We'll also chat with Hadi Partovi, CEO and founder of the nonprofit Code.org, about why he thinks it's important for kids to get the opportunity to learn code.

On today's show, we'll talk about Amazon's new cashier-free grocery store; Uber's purchase of Geometric Intelligence, a company with a multidisciplinary approach to artificial intelligence; and the European Commission's reminder to companies like Facebook and Twitter that they agreed to curb hate speech on their platforms.

On today's show, we'll talk about Facebook's expansion in Menlo Park and Palo Alto — and how it plans to deal with potentially displaced residents. We'll also look at algorithms that are being trained to identify different kinds of audio through video footage.

About the Show

Marketplace Tech®, hosted by Ben Brock Johnson, tackles the business behind the technology that’s obsessing us and changing our lives. With the listener in mind, this weekday segment examines everything from video games and robots to consumer protection and space travel.